Shed Plans
Posted By Andrew on June 7, 2011
When planning to build a shed the first step is researching shed plans or drawing up your own. Of all buildings the traditional metal shed is one of the most easily built. This is not a house, garage, shop, or building that is going to house people or very valuable assets. Instead it is an out of the way place to put things that are not damaged by outside storage. A shed will almost never be a constant temperature like a home. It will not be suited for an expensive car like a garage is needed for. And it is not going to (normally) win any aesthetic design contests. So just being willing to buy the material from a local lumber store, follow the directions contained in the shed plans, and get to work is a great way to stop the procrastinating and get a shed underway.
Metal Sheds Basic Shed Kit
The blue prints are a sheets of papers which show the assembly and materials needed for a job. Good storage shed plans should be easy to read. A step by step detail in cutting and assembly is important for those who are not experienced builders. Quality plans are written by someone who has actually done it, not just thought about it or analyzed the components and figured out how is probably goes together. When sketches are given in the blue prints it is easy to see what the directions are trying to describe. Diagrams often will tell you each step. Seeing it instead of just reading it makes a big difference to a lot of people. No matter how descriptive the details a drawing makes it almost like you are working along side an experienced person.
Good tool shed plans should include a full list of materials. Some plans fall short because they only tell you what is included with the kit, but not the other required components or tools. A full accurate and complete list really saves time and aggravation for the person who has to build the shed. Also a full list makes it much easier to get an accurate cost projection of what your wooden or metal shed is going to cost you in the end.
Before building a shed it is important to check local codes and see what is allowed. Some subdivisions frown on extra buildings. It may allow a lean to or small addition to the side of a garage or house because is not another new structure. Though no one likes to be limited or told what to do, it is a protection to the other owners to know that a neighbor right next to them can’t turn their yard into “shanty town” with twenty little sheds, storage units, or other structures.
One neighbor of mine recently built a garden shed. It took him a full day to get all of the materials together. Then it took him about a week to put in the foundation, frame in the floor, lay the plywood on the floor, frame the walls, frame the roof, cover the sides with T1 11 siding, install the metal roofing, hang the doors and window, and paint the shed. In the end it looked really nice and cost him about $600. His was a small shed plan of about 6′x 8′. Shed plans and other plans allow people to build a structure that otherwise would have been out of their reach and ability.
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